Buddhist statuette, Statue Yidam Yamantaka, esoteric Vajrayana Buddhism, tantric in yab yum with his companion Vetali.

The bronze used is called purple bronze. It is a high quality bronze, getting its characteristic color from a high copper content.

Tibetan statuette made by specialized Tibetan artisans. Dimensions: 32cm high, 24cm wide by 13cm deep. Weight of 6,300kg

The bottom unscrews to put offerings and prayers inside during the blessing like all traditional Buddhist statuettes

Rare piece.

Yamāntaka is the "destroyer of death" deity of Vajrayana Buddhism. He is sometimes conceptualized as "conqueror of the lord of death". Yamāntaka is a Sanskrit name which can be broken down into two main elements: Yama, the god of death; and destructive antaka. Thus, Yamāntaka means "destroyer of death" or "conqueror of death". Cultural heritage of Kalanta, an aspect of the Hindu god Shiva who saves his disciple Yama from the clutches of death and is seen as the deity who was the origin of the Mahamrityunjaya Mantra of Buddhism and Hinduism. His depiction mirrors Yama in many ways: very frequently riding a buffalo and often depicted with a bovine head. Because of this resemblance to Yama as well as the similarity in name, one very frequently finds texts (which would seem to be reliable sources) confusing both Yamāntaka and Yama as being the same deity when they are not. In Buddhism, "ending death" is a quality of all Buddhas because they stopped the cycle of rebirth, samsara. Thus Yamāntaka represents the goal of the Mahayana practitioner's journey to enlightenment, or the journey itself: at final awakening, one manifests Yamāntaka – the end of death. Yamāntaka is a wrathful expression of Mañjuśrī, the Samyaksambuddha of wisdom which in other contexts also functions as a dharmapala or Heruka. The statuette represents Yamāntaka in his yab yum form with his consort Vetali In this form, Yamantaka is about to defeat Yama, the god of death. Yamantaka fits into the death narrative because his defeat of Yama signals Samsara (cycle of rebirth). Buddhism believes that stopping this cycle of rebirth is the quality of Buddhas and Yamantaka represents the end goal of attaining enlightenment by ending death. Yamantaka with a wrathful face, to discourage you from returning to a cycle of bad habits. It has 7 heads side by side and two other heads above the main one. Its main head has a crown of five skulls which represents the five negative afflictions (greed, delusion, hatred, jealousy, pride) and its transmutation into positive wisdom. The flame on the skulls and the fiery details above his eyes (as well as the designs of fire in his aura) symbolize Yamantaka's power to transmute the five afflictions through flame. On the highest head is Manjushri, the Buddha of Wisdom. The yab-yum (literally father-mother) position emphasizes the union of masculine compassion and feminine wisdom. On his chest is Vetali holding a skullcap with blood which represents Great Bliss and Wisdom. He has twenty hands each holding a weapon or object. The first right hand holds the skin of an elephant as a sign of victory over narrow-mindedness. The remaining right hands also hold objects with their meanings such as the ax (to cut duality and ignorance), the dart (to pierce the design of objects), the pestle (to destroy mindfulness backwards), a harpoon (to to destroy the defects of oneself), an arrow (to pierce through the preconceived idea), the skull-club (to protect against karma) and the Khatanga blade (to adapt to the nature of the great practice), to name a few. Meanwhile, some items on his left hand include a skull cap with blood, head of Brahma (great compassion), shield (victory against Maras), leg (symbol of walk to enlightenment), lasso (endless wisdom), bell (sound of wisdom), hand (symbol for performing four activities), flags (void of the three gates as one entity).Its 16 legs are also depicted, Those under the set of feet on his right side represent the Siddhis (powers gained through meditation) and include humans, buffalo, ox, donkey, dog, sheep, and fox. Meanwhile, the feet on the left side are the eight powers vulture, owl, crow, parrot, hawk, kite, mynah and swan. At the bottom of the thangka are offerings to the three skulls. The left and right skulls are smaller and represent sperm and fertile blood, elements necessary for rebirth. The center offerings represent the five senses such as touch, sight, taste, smell and hearing.